Bad Lads: Raf National Service Remembered - Softcover

Townsend, Alf

 
9780752460543: Bad Lads: Raf National Service Remembered
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0752460544 ISBN 13: 9780752460543
Publisher: The History Press, 2011

Synopsis

Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen-year-olds were called up for National Service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s. Before national service intervened, Alf was 'heading down the criminal road at top speed', having grown up in a north London slum, where money was short and local villains were revered. This book is a warts-and-all account of Alf's time in the Raf, when he was transplanted into a completely new world of misfits and officer types, rogues and entertainers, all amusingly described in his own inimitable style.

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About the Author

The late ALF TOWNSEND was born in London in the 1930s. He was a London cabbie for 42 years and published many books about his life experiences, including The London Cabbie and Blitz Boy.

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Publisher
The History Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0752460544
ISBN 13 
9780752460543
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
144

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